Leslie Eppler's List: Bipolar

• unexpected deviations in an individual’s attitude, mind-set, activity level and ability to function
• harms people’s social life, productivity in their job, performance at their school. And unfortunately in some cases it ends with a suicide
• However there is a treatment and its true that people can return back to their active and dynamic lives. 
• almost six million American
• late pre-adulthood or early adulthood.
• chronic disease
• It should not get a less attention than hypertension, high cholesterol and so on
• afraid of others judgment thus they hide their disease condition
• Bipolar disorder alters thoughts, attitudes, moods and inhibits the foundation of rational thought.
• deteriorates the wish and aim to live.
• biological in its disease roots.
• Today we know that together with the superior medications, having an active  and positive social life is so important as the medications.
• men and women are almost same in general population.
• may begin in early childhood period.

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• Certainly, many of us   feel hypomania is our true identity,
• It’s   hard for people who are not hypomanic to appreciate how integral this is to   someone’s identity and how important it is to preserve that."

• : Social Anxiety and Bipolar Diary of Annie.
• Bipolar Central.